During the disaster that was the previous ROM hack I played, which was Cloud White, I heard about this hack and its in-development sequel, Delicious Party. Both Star Twinkle (also known as Pokemon Stellar) and Delicious Party get their names from the Pretty Cure series, which I have of course been watching and enjoying as I do my usual gaming. And of course, they take inspiration from Pretty Cure, but also several other magical girl-oriented series, such as PMMM and Puyo Puyo. That goes for Pokemon and characters. Let it be known there was a lot to take in, despite this hack being a "go through Kanto but a little differently" hack.
If you are going to make a "go through Kanto a little differently" ROM hack, it's gotta really show its teeth, and this one thankfully does. The routes are different, the majority of mon encounters are fakemons with a small sprinkle of regular Pokemon. And if you're gonna add fakemon, you best make as many of them seem interesting to use, and almost all of them were! The battles in this game were a surprisingly even mix of both single and double battles, and the toughest ones aside from gym leaders and league members were the evil team members, most of which were double battles to begin with. There's a buttload of variety and that's a huge selling point. You get to see many of the new Pokemon well before you have access to them, and as far as I can tell, all but one are available. My team included Homucifier, Sakyako (these two based off of PMMM characters and are Dark/Fairy and Fire/Steel respectively), Miitsudoki (Electric/Fairy based off of Cure Sunshine), Claydol, Stalikata, and Wyrmfish (last two have some inspiration but I don't know what it is). And it doesn't end there, as magical girls are a trainer class, including some favorites like the PMMM characters themselves and several Pretty Cures. And Usagi Tsukino is somewhere here too.
With all that said, Delicious Party is still in development, and Star Twinkle was a hack I seriously, seriously wanted to get into. It got a release, but it also got patched multiple times as I played and made my walkthrough. You can say I had a hand in finding several bugs and glitches, which will be ironed out each release. The whole experience remained enjoyable and I look forward to Delicious Party.
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